Mooney v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis

Gertrude Mooney, administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Neil P. Mooney, obtained a verdict in the sum of $55,000 against appellant, Terminal Railroad Association. The trial court required a remittitur of $10,000 and entered a judgment for $45,000. The Terminal Railroad Association appealed.

This is the second appeal in this case. The opinion on the first appeal will be found reported in 176 S.W.2d 605,352 Mo. 245. The judgment was reversed and the cause remanded for retrial because of improper argument to the jury by plaintiff's counsel. Plaintiff's cause of action was based on…